Cheese-cutter.



PATENTED DEG. `13, 1904.

R. P. KING.

CHEESE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.z7,19o3.

N0 MODEL.

UNTTnn STATns Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT P. KING, OE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W. BRIDGES, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CHEESE-GUTTER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,640, dated December 13, 1904.

Application iiled November 27, 1903. Serial No. 182,735. (No model.)

T @f7/Z 711771077@ 77H07/ "UTY/@W771i wardly-projecting spurs that are driven into 50 Be it known that I, Ronun'r P. KING, of Inthe board for holding the plate in place. Upon dianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Inthe cheese-board l also provide a series of diana, have invented acertain new and useful lines 18, that are concentric with the center OheeseO11tter; and I do hereby declare that of the cheese-board to enable one to place the the following is a full, clear, and exact de- Vcheese upon this board also concentric with scription thereof, reference being' had to the the center of the board. This is required to accompanying drawings, in which like n unier-` insure equal weight of cuts of the same thickals refer to like parts. ness.

IO The object of this invention is to provide an The cuttingmechanisuiis as follows: Arms improved means for cutting cheese, and es- 20, extending from the rear side of the base, pecially predetermining the size and weight with the cross-bar Q1 secured to them, make a of slice for a certain price. bearing-frame for pivoting` a knife-bar Q2.

The full nature of said invention will be unrIhe knife-bar has atits rear end atransversely I5 derstood from the accompanying drawings extending portion Q3, the ends of which are and the following description and claims. pivotally engaged by adjustable bearing-pins In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of Q4, extending'through the rear upper portion the device. Fig. Qisan elevation of the rightof the arms 20. The knife-bar at its outer hand side of the device as shown in Eig. end has a handle, and about midway the knife zo l. Eig. 3 is a plan view of the base and at- 25 is secured to said bar. This knife .con-

tached parts. Fig. 4 is a vertical section sists of a blade the rear end of which extends 7o through substantially one-half of the device beyond the cheese-board and the other end to on line 4 4 of Figs. 1 and 5. Eig. 5 is a verexactly the center of the cheese-board, so that tical section on the curved line 5 5 of Fig. 3. it will cutto the center of the cheese andnofarz5 Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of the ther, and the slices cut from the center of the knife. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the scales and cheese will always be sectoral. In order that 75 the parts on which they are placed, parts besaid knife will cuteasily and true, itis beveled ing broken away. 8 is a perspective along its cutting edge at the point 26 on the view of the cover for the cut face of the 'side opposite the body of the Vcheese from 3o cheese. which the slice is being' out, or the beveled I n detail there is first made a base portion edge is on the same side of the knife as the 8O comprising the circular piece 10, with three slice that is being' cutand pushes said slice latinwardly-extending arms 1I,V that form a erally to the leftin the machineherein shown. spider having a central bearing portion with In order that the knife shall not be in fric- 3 5 a hole 12 in it. At the outer ends of said arms tional contact throughout its entire surface l1 there are downwardly-extending legs I3 with the body of the cheese from which a slice 35 and also upwardly-extending bearing-points is being' cut so as materially to increase the 14, which support the cheese-board 15. This difficulty of cutting the cheese, I grind down board has a central downwardly-extending the side of the knife next to the body of the 4o bearing-pin I6, that extends through the hole cheese, or right-hand side in the form herein I2 in the spider of the base below. In this shown, or, what is the same thing, I form the 90 manner the cheese is mounted concentric with knife with the portion 27 just above the cutthe base and pivoted so as to be rotated. The ting edge thicker than the portion above, so upper side of the cheese-board has on it atinthe body of the blade will clear the cheese.

45 tervals upwardly-extending blades or plates The side of the lower edge of the knife next 17, that act as cheese-holders, as they hold the to the cheese being cut is vertical and in no cheese on the board, so that the board and cheese will not move separately and will rotate together. These plates 17 have downwise beveled.

The means for rotating the cheese-board, and therefore the cheese, will now be explained.

From the base portion a pair of arms 30 eX- l worth. Then the stop-block is thus set for tend out a short distance parallel with each other. Near these arms there is a U-shaped guideway 31, secured to and concentric with the circular base-piece 10. Extending transversely and radially across this U shaped guideway near bottom there is mounted ashaft 32, carrying on its outer end a small hand-lever 33. On said shaft, within the guideway, a peculiarly-shaped cam 34 is secured. Within said guideway there is a U-shaped slide 40, fitting loosely with one end adjacent said cam 34 and held adjacent thereto by a spring 41, which is attached to the left-hand end of the slide, as seen in Fig. 5, and also to the inner wall of the guide 31. Tithin said slide I mount a number of pawls 42, there being four shown here, that extend upwardly and to the right and are /held upward by the springs 43 in engagement with a rack 44, secured to the under side of the cheese-board 15 and eX- tending entirely around the same. Then the hand-lever 33, as shown in Fig'. 3, is thrown upward, it will, through the shaft 32 and the cam 34, move the slide 40 to the right and one of the pawls in said slide will move the cheeseboard. backward in the position seen in Fig. 2, the cam will be thrown upward in the position shown in Fig. 5 and the spring 41 will withdraw the slide 40 to its normal position. The operation of the lever 33 is repeated for every slice to be cut. I show four pawls so arranged relatively that at least one of them will always be in immediate actuating engagement with a notch in the rack-bar 44, and thus all lost movement of the cheese-board will be prevented.

The weight and price mechanism will now be described. To the ends of the arms 30, heretofore described, there is secured a substantially semicircular bar 50, that is adjacent the lever 33 during the movements of the latter. On said bar 50 I place a scale or series of numerals 5l, that indicate the customary weights of individual cheeses. On said bar 50 I place a stop-block 53, that is slidable and is secured or clamped to it at any desired point by thumb screw 54. This block 53 stops or limits the movement of the handlever 33, and thus limits the rotary movement of the cheese. I secure rigidly to said block 53 a plate 55 alongside and curved in the same manner as the upper portion of the bar 50. Upon this plate I place a scale of numerals 56, indicating the selling price per pound of cheeses of varying quality.

The device is operated as follows: The stopblock 53 is moved on bar 50 so that the price of the cheese in one scale will register with the total weight of the cheese in the other scale. rI`his will leave the stop-block in a position which will limit the movement of the lever 33 so that the cam will move sufiiciently far at each stroke to slice olf, say, five cents 7hen the hand-lever 33 is thrown.

a cheese, it is not changed until that cheese is sold and a different cheese placed upon the board. If a person wants ten cents worth of cheese, the lever 33 is actuated twice before the knife is operated.

The scales on the bar 50 and plate 55 are logarithmic scales, and therefore relatively fixed and definite. The numerals indicating the selling price may be upon the bar 50, and the numerals indicating the total weights of the cheeses may be upon the plate 55-that is, interchanged as compared with said scales in Fig. 7. In other words, it is immaterial which of said series of numerals is placed upon the bar and which upon the plate. Since it is more convenient to have the plate 55 secured to the stop 53, so as to move therewith, vit is necessary to reverse the series of numerals, as shown in Fig. 7, as is common in logarithmic scales; but if the stop 53 be not connected with the plate 55 the series of numerals need not be reversed, but may be arranged as in the common forms of logarithmic scales. In such case the stop 53 is moved to the product f the corresponding numerals on the scales, as indicated in any common form of said scales. Therefore I do not wish to be limited to a device of the kind herein set forth, where the series of numerals are reversed or where stop 53 is secured to the means for carrying one of the scales, for the other form just alluded to will occur at once to any person familiar with logarithmic scales.

I am aware that logarithmic scales have been used by persons making cheese-cutters, but only in the manner that one uses a table in an arithmetic-that is, only for reference from which a third scale may be made for indicating the location of the stop 53. In my machine I dispense with the third scale by using a logarithmic cam, such as 34, that enables me to place the price-scale and the weightscale in logarithmic form immediately adjacent said stop 53 or lever 33 to indicate immediately and at once without any further scale the proper location for the stop 53. I am enabled to accomplish this result by using' a logarithmic cam the actuating-surface of which conforms to what is known as a logarithmic spiral, whereby what may be called a logarithmic movement v of the shaft 32 is converted into the equivalent of simple rotary movement or such as results from the use of a circular pinion with a pinion or similar means in place of the cam to move the cheeseboard, or with a cam the actuating-surface of which is not a logarithmic spiral a third scale or means for indicating the proper location of the stop would have to be provided.

hile the cam is a logarithmic cam, its size so as to properly actuate the cheese-board is determined for convenience as follows: Assuming the scales to be as shown, the price IOO IIO

being twenty cents per pound and the cheese weighing eighteen pounds, the total selling price oi the cheese would be three dollars and sixty cents, which would make seventy-two live-cent slices. The cam is then made of such size that it will move the cheese-board live degrees at one stroke of the lever 33, so that soventy-two strokes or movements of the cheeseboard will turn the board entirely around once and cut away all the cheese. Vith the cam thus Yformed t'or mmeasuring live-cent slices in an eighteen-pound cheese at twenty cents per pound the logarithmic scales will enable one to adjust the stop to any other combination of price and weight, and the slices through the mechanism described will be relatively larger or smaller, as the case may be; but they will still be iive-cent slices. Any constant be employed in determining the shape of the logarithmic cam or spiral as desired.

After a slice has been eut from the cheese it is necessary to cover or protect the cut tace that is not protected by the knife; otherwise the cheese would dry and harden. rIhis is done by the means shown in Fig. 8.' A tin plate 60 is placed against the cut face of the cheese with the flange 61 under the cheese. A movable plate 62 is placed against the cut face of the cheese and the teeth 63 are forced into the' top side of the cheese. This holds the plate 62 in place, and the plate 62 holds the upper part of the plate 60 in place, and the flange holds the lower part of the plate 60 in place. l

By a logarithmic scale in the description and claims is meant a scale constructed in accordance with lwhat is known in mathematics as a logarithmic spiral, and by logarithmic cam is `meant a cam the actuating face or edge of which is in the form of what is known in mathematics as a logarithmic curve.7

VVhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isd

l. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a movable cheese-board, and means for moving the cheese-board, of an adjustable stop 'l'or limiting the movement o1 the cheese-board, and logarithmic scales adjacent said stop for indicating' the desired position thereof, one of said scales being connected and movable with said stop.

2. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a movable cheese-board, and means for mov-4 ing the cheese-board, of a stop for limiting such movement, a bar on which said stop is slidable and adjustable, a plate connected with the stop and held adjacent said bar, and scales on said bar and plate adapted to register with each other for indicating the desired position ot' the stop.

3. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a movable cheese-board, and means for moving the cheese-board, of a stop for limiting such movement, abar on which said stop is slidable and adjustable, a plate connected with the stop and held adjacent said bar, and logarithmic scales on said bar and plate adapted to register with each other l'or indicating the desired position ot' the stop.

4. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a movable cheese-board, oi' a logarithmic cam 'for causing the movement of the chcese-board,`

means for limiting the movement of said cam, and logarithmic scales for indicating the desired position ot' said limiting means.

5. In a cheesc-cutter, the combination with a' rotary cheese-board, ol a logarithmic cam for causing' the movement of the cheese-board, an adjustable stop for limiting the movement ot' the cam, and logarithmic scales ior indicatingl the desired position ol? said stop.

6. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a rotary cheese-board, ot' means lor moving said cheese-board, a logarithmic cam vFor actuating said means, a stop for limitingI the movement of said cam, and logarithmic scales for indicating' the position thereof.

7. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a rotary cheese-board, or' an annular ratchetbar on the under side of said board, a springwithheld slide beneath said ratchet bar, a spring-paw] mounted in said slide that engages and actuates said ratchet-bar and moves the cheese-board, a logarithmic cam Jfor engaging and actuating' said slide, an adjustable stop for limiting the movement oi' said cam, and logarithmic scales adjacent said stop for indicating the desired position thereof.

8. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a rotary cheese-board, of an annular ratchetu bar on the under side of said board, a springwithheld slide beneath said ratchet bar, spring-pawls mounted in said slide that engage and actuate said ratchet-bar to move the cheese-board, and means 'for actuating said slide.

9. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with a rotary cheese-board, of an annular ratchet bar on the under side of said board, a springwithheld slide beneath said ratchet bar, spring-pawls mounted in said slide that engage and actuate said ratchet-bar to move the cheese-board. the actuating-point oi said pawls being separated from each other by a distance slightly greater than the distance between two of the notches oi' said ratchet-bar, and means for actuating said slide.

10. In a cheese-cutter, the combination with the base and a cheese-board mounted to rotate thereon, ot' an annular ratchet-bar on the un der side oil said board, a guide-bar secured to the base and curved concentric with the ratchet-bar, a spring-withheld slide mounted on said guide-bar that is also concentric with the cheese-board, spring-actuated pawls mounted in said slide that engage and actuate said ratchet-bar to move the cheese-board, and means for actuating said slide.

11. In a cheese-cutter, the combination of a IOO IOS

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the movement of the lever, a plate secured to said stop and adjacent said bar, and a scale on said bar and plate for indicating the de- 15 sired position of the stop.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of the Witnesses herein named.

ROBERT P. KING.

VitnesSes:

' V. H. LocKWooD,

NELLIE ALLEMONG. 

